Bread Rationing Plan To Start In Britain July 21
London dispatch notes Britain will begin bread rationing on July 21 if the cabinet approves within the next month and issues new ration books. Three scales set daily rations of 10 ounces for sedentary workers 12 ounces for children and expectant mothers and 16 ounces for heavy workers. Conservatives denounce Food Minister Strachey for displaying the ration card to reporters in Washington calling it unjustified melodrama.
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London
Reuters
Britain
Washington
Mr. Strachey
Strachey
House of Commons
Governor General to Visit Winnipeg July Fourth and Fifth
Military authorities announced Field Marshal Alexander and Lady Alexander will visit Winnipeg on July 4 and 5. The Governor General travels with military accompaniment and will meet local officials and residents during the trip.
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Winnipeg
Alexander
Canada
Lady Alexander
Wild dingoes prowling Lithgow area feared packs roam
Wild dingoes in the Lithgow region, about 300 miles north of Sydney, have been reported in large packs of up to 40 roaming the mountains and occasionally raiding adjacent lowland areas. The dogs are described as Australian wild canines with curled tails.
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Lithgow
Sydney
Memorial service calls for peace and aid to nations
Rev F C Whittington urged veterans to spread the gospel of peace at the annual memorial service in Brandon. He called the last war a crusade against evil and praised Canada as privileged, urging support for peoples abroad. The event included a Legion parade, music by Rivers School band, wreaths, and a Piper's Lament.
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Christ
F. C. Whittington
Brandon
Canadian Legion
F.G. Taylor
F. W. Lee
Rivers
Donald Mitchell
Frank Stewart
J.W. Hanlon
Around Town Trounces Weekend Visitors and Birth of Recognition
The town saw a flurry of visits from relatives and friends across Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, Transcona, and Emerson with dozens of travellers including Cpl Minnie Shylega and S. A. Williams of Edmonton dropping in. A notable event at United Church Sunday School honored Margaret McKay with an address and gift for her valued service as superintendent.
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Cpl
Minnie Shylega
Winnipeg
J. W. Hanlon
E. E. Harvey
Lawrence Iverson
Audrey Harmer
S. Johnstone
Jack Hanlon
Portage la Prairie
United Church Sunday School
Margaret McKay
Vieta Morrow
Jo-Ann Taylor
Margaret
T. W. Offen
Sinclair
Ottawa approves citizenship bill and other measures
Ottawa reports royal assent in the senate for the Canadian citizenship bill. Chief Justice Thibaudeau Rinfret as deputy to the Governor General granted assent to four government measures and three private bills incorporating companies.
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Ottawa
New
Senate
Thibaudeau Rinfret
J Frank Booth Takes Bride
The wedding was held on June 15 at St. George's Anglican Church Faulkener Man with Ruby Elizabeth Buckley daughter of Mr and Mrs T J Buckley Steep Rock and John Frank Booth eldest daughter of Mrs J H Booth and the late John Booth Rivers. Rev H Sher stone conducted the ceremony. The bride wore part of her mother's 40 year old veil. A bridal supper followed at the bride's parents home. The couple will reside at Hulton Man.
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St. George’s Anglican Church
Faulkener
Man
Ruby Elizabeth
T. J. Buckley
Steep Rock
John Frank Booth
J. H. Booth
John Booth
Rivers
H. Sherstone
Rationing Demands Prompted by Shortfalls in Wheat and Rice
The Boston Herald reports a week of shortfalls in wartime food exports with only 89 thousand tons of wheat shipped from pledged 161.5 thousand and 32 tons of rice out of 13.9 thousand, plus 440 tons of fat from 12 thousand pledged. The piece condemns continued shortages and urges immediate rationing.
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Boston Herald
No Tax Exemptions for Municipal Commercial Property
Vancouver Herald argues that all commercial property should share in taxation with no exemptions for municipally operated undertakings. It contends that federal taxation must apply equally and that justice requires all services to be counted and paid for at standard rates.
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Vancouver Herald
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John Strachey
Dorothy Grey Sunton
Skol
Gilchrist
Tus Rexall
Sopa
Rivers, Man
Taylor
Sherwin-Williams
Majestic
Crosley
Spartan
Turkey
Gerald Grummett
Shile
Mrs. E. O. Dyer
Hayfield
Charles Bell
Mrs. S. Sennett
Carol
Grand Beach
Hugh Rea
Portage
J. J. Morrow
Toronto
S. A. Williams
Edmonton
Alta
G. F. Barker
Lee Forman
Norwood, Man
Robert McKenzie
Emerson
E. E. Grant
River Falls
Wisc
Shirley Baily
Flin Flon
John Borroff
Gilbert Thomas
Small Son
Transcona
W. Genorme
Alex. W. Whyte
ATCL
P. H. Neville
Edythe Mitchell
J. E. Mitchell
James Lunchuck
P. Luchuck
William Radcliffe
Toronto Conservatory of Music
James Mills
Listowel
Ont
R. A. Mills
W.T. Dyer
Manitoba Secretary-Treasurers’ Association
Donald McKenzie
Norman Donagh
J. A. McKenzie
Esme White
Central School
T. A. White
Vancouver
Wash
Bert Brown
Robert
Didsbury
Annie
James Craig
Donna Reed
Marjorie Main
West
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STAR
George Gershwin
Robert Alda
Joan Leslie
Alexis Smith
Charles Coburn
Julie Bishopl Jolson
Oscar Levant
Paul Whiteman
Cartoon and News
Joba L
J. Frank Booth
Mrs. Booth
Hulton, Man
McKenzie
McKenzie’s
Mee
Lux
Lifebuoy
Camay
Palmolive
Odex
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